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Antikroppssvar och PD-1/PD-L1 nivåer efter Covidvaccination
Karlstad University.
2023 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Antibody Response and PD-1/PD-L1 Levels after Covid Vaccination (English)
Abstract [en]

The virus SARS-CoV-2 gave rise to a global pandemic and several vaccines, whose efficiency needed to be evaluated, have been developed. Our immune system is regulated by several mechanisms that activate and inhibit immune response. PD-1 and its ligand PD-L1 are immune inhibitors with a possible correlation between the potency of the immune response and the number of inhibitors. The hypothesis of this study is that individuals with a lower antibody response after vaccination have higher levels of PD-1/PD-L1. Using an ELISA, the concentration of the proteins was measured from blood plasma from 19 individuals from the CoVacc Cohort, with known antibody response after one as well as two doses of vaccine. The study found a significant correlation between the inhibitors PD-1 and PD-L1 after both the first and the second dose. No correlation was found between the response of antibodies and PD-1/PD-L1 and the hypothesis is therefore rejected. It is possible that the interval between each dose of vaccine and the collection of blood plasma was not optimized for this study. It is also possible that the number of individuals that were included in this study was too low. Considering this result, more research should be conducted on the subject before an absolute conclusion can be drawn. 

Abstract [sv]

Viruset SARS-Cov-2 gav upphov till en global pandemi och flera vacciner vars effektbehövde utvärderas har utvecklats. Vårt immunförsvar regleras av flera mekanismersom samverkar genom att aktivera respektive hämma immunförsvaret. PD-1 och dessligand PD-L1 är immuninhibitorer med en möjlig korrelation mellan styrkan hosimmunsvaret och mängden inhibitorer. Hypotesen för denna studie är att individermed ett lägre antikroppssvar efter vaccination har högre nivåer av PD-1 och PD-L1.Med hjälp av en ELISA mättes koncentrationen av PD-1 och PD-L1 med blodplasmafrån 19 individer ur CoVacc kohorten med kända antikroppsnivåer som fått enrespektive två doser av vaccin mot COVID-19. Studien fann en signifikant korrelationmellan hämmarna PD-1 och PD-L1 både efter första och andra dosen. Ingenkorrelation hittades mellan antikroppsresponsen och nivåerna av PD-1 och PD-L1 ochhypotesen förkastas därför. Det är möjligt att tidpunkten för provtagning eftervaccindoserna inte valdes optimalt för denna undersökning. Det är också möjligt attför få individer ingick i studien. Mot bakgrund av detta bör mer forskning göras i ämnetinnan en absolut slutsats kan dras.

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2023.
Keywords [en]
Antibody Response, Covid-19, pd1, pdl1, pd-1, pd-l1, immune system, immune response, vaccination, vaccine, corona, Sars-CoV-2, immune inhibitors
Keywords [sv]
antikroppssvar, covid-19, pd1, pdl1, pd-1, pd-l1, immunförsvar, vaccination, vaccin, corona, sars-cov-2, immuninhibitorer
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Cell Biology
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-95168OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kau-95168DiVA, id: diva2:1765497
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Biology programme, 180 hp
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Available from: 2023-06-29 Created: 2023-06-11 Last updated: 2023-06-29Bibliographically approved

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